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Anyone who uses Facebook knows that every day can find their own bulletin board overrun of useless messages ranging from "I'm going out with the … Read More

Anyone who uses Facebook knows that every day can find their own bulletin board overrun of useless messages ranging from "I'm going out with the dog" to "I bought a beautiful new pair of shoes". The purpose of my project is to make people understand that this tool can become, if used cleverly, a very powerful medium of discussion. It would be sufficient that the users employ Facebook to discuss issues that are part of our everyday life to find that kind of mediation of which Hannah Arendt spoke in his essay "Man in Dark Times." To do so I studied a pair of posters with a QRcode which, through the use of a smartphone, led to a specifically created discussion group. Read Less

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Anyone who uses Facebook knows that every day can find their own bulletin board overrun of useless messages ranging from "I'm going out with the dog" to "I bought a beautiful new pair of shoes". The purpose of my project is to make people understand that this tool can become, if used cleverly, a very powerful medium of discussion. It would be sufficient that the users employ Facebook to discuss issues that are part of our everyday life to find that kind of mediation of which Hannah Arendt spoke in his essay "Man in Dark Times." To do so I studied a pair of posters with a QRcode which, through the use of a smartphone, led to a specifically created discussion group.

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Anyone who uses Facebook knows that every day can find their own bulletin board overrun of useless messages ranging from "I'm going out with the dog" to "I bought a beautiful new pair of shoes". The purpose of my project is to make people understand that this tool can become, if used cleverly, a very powerful medium of discussion. It would be sufficient that the users employ Facebook to discuss issues that are part of our everyday life to find that kind of mediation of which Hannah Arendt spoke in his essay "Man in Dark Times." To do so I studied a pair of posters with a QRcode which, through the use of a smartphone, led to a specifically created discussion group.

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Anyone who uses Facebook knows that every day can find their own bulletin board overrun of useless messages ranging from "I'm going out with the … Read More

Anyone who uses Facebook knows that every day can find their own bulletin board overrun of useless messages ranging from "I'm going out with the dog" to "I bought a beautiful new pair of shoes". The purpose of my project is to make people understand that this tool can become, if used cleverly, a very powerful medium of discussion. It would be sufficient that the users employ Facebook to discuss issues that are part of our everyday life to find that kind of mediation of which Hannah Arendt spoke in his essay "Man in Dark Times." To do so I studied a pair of posters with a QRcode which, through the use of a smartphone, led to a specifically created discussion group. Read Less